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jānāti

Janati

only in Caus. janeti [Sk. janayati] often spelled jāneti (cp. jaleti: jāleti) & Pass. (intrs.) jāyati to bring forth, produce, cause, syn. sañjaneti nibbatteti abhinibbatteti Cnd s. v. (cp. karoti). ussāhaṃ j. to put forth exertion Ja.ii.407 (see chanda ); (saṃ)vegaṃ j. to stir up emotion (aspiratio

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Where it lives

  • Digha Nikaya 49 · 3.4/10k
  • Itivuttaka 3 · 2.59/10k
  • Sutta Nipata 5 · 2.48/10k
  • Udana 2 · 1/10k

What it meant — PTS Pali–English Dictionary

1. Jَنَتِ

only in Caus. janeti [Sk. janayati] often spelled jāneti (cp. jaleti: jāleti) & Pass. (intrs.) jāyati to bring forth, produce, cause, syn. sañjaneti nibbatteti abhinibbatteti Cnd s. v. (cp. karoti). ussāhaṃ j. to put forth exertion Ja.ii.407 (see chanda); (saṃ)vegaṃ j. to stir up emotion (aspiration) Ja.iii.184; Pv-a.32; Mhvs.i.4 dukkhaṃ j. to cause discomfort Pv-a.63
aor janayi Thig.162 (Māyā j. Gotamaṃ: she bore)
pp janita produced Pv-a.1
■ See also jantu jamma, jāta, jāti ñāti, etc.

Sk. janati (trs.) & jāyate (intrs.); *gene & *gné to (be able to) produce; Gr. γίγνομαι (γένεσις) γνωτός = jāta = (g)nātus; Lat. gigno, natura, natio; Goth knōps & kunps; Cymr. geni, Ags. cennan, Ohg. kind etc.

2. Jānāti

to know.

I. Forms

The 2 Vedic roots jān˚ & jñā˚; are represented in Pali by jān˚ & ñā˚ (ña˚)

  1. jān:
    pres jānāti
    pot jāneyya (Snp.781) & jaññā (AN.iv.366; Snp.116, Snp.775; Dhp.157, Dhp.352; Ja.ii.346; Ja.iv.478); second sg. jāneyyāsi (MN.i.487; Ja.i.288); 1st pl. jāniyāma (Snp.873) & (archaic jānemu (Snp.76, Snp.599; Vv.83#11)
    imper jānāhi (Snp.596 Snp.1026; Pv.ii.9#12); 3rd. sg. jānātu (Iti.28)
    ppr jānanto & jānaṃ (DN.i.192; AN.i.128; Snp.722),
    ppr med. jānamāna (Ja.i.168)
    fut jānissati (Ja.ii.342; Ja.vi.364)
    aor ajāni (Snp.536) & jāni (Ja.i.125, Ja.i.269); 3rd pl. jāniṃsu (Ja.ii.105; Vv-a.113)
    ger jānitvā (Ja.i.293; Ja.iii.276)
    inf jānituṃ (Ja.i.125).
    caus jānāpeti (see below iv.2)
  2. ñā:
    fut ñassati (DN.i.165)
    aor aññāsi (Ja.i.271 & nāsi (Snp.471); 3rd pl. aññaṃsu (Vv.22#4)
    ger ñatvā (freq.)
    grd ñeyya AN.ii.135 (see below) & ñātabba (Pv-a.133)
    inf ñātuṃ (freq.)
    pp ñāta (q.v.).
    pass ñāyati to be called or named (Mil.25).

II. Cognate Forms

Cnd s.v. explains jānāti by passati dakkhati adhigacchati vindati paṭilabhati, & ñatvā (No. 267) by jānitvā tulayitvā tirayitva vibhāvayitvā vibhūtaṃ katvā (very freq.) The 1st expln is also applied to abhijānāti, & the second to passitvā, viditaṃ katvā, abhiññāya & disvā. The use of the emphatic phrase jānāti passati is very frequent. Yaṃ tvaṃ na jānāsi na passasi taṃ tvaṃ icchasi kāmesi? Whom you know not neither have seen, is it she that you love and long for? DN.i.193; Bhagavā jānaṃ jānāti passaṃ passati cakkhubhūto ñāṇabhūto MN.i.111; similarly AN.iv.153 sq. See further DN.i.2, DN.i.40, DN.i.84, DN.i.157 sq, DN.i.165 DN.i.192

In the wild

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Pali text and translations from SuttaCentral (Bilara), dedicated to the public domain (CC0). PTS Pali–English Dictionary entries, public domain.